Gwalior vs Ooty
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gwalior and Ooty.
Live AQI from Open-Meteo CAMS (~45 km global model, updated hourly). Multi-year history from CPCB station data via aqinow.co pipeline (2016–2024, station-level daily records).
AQI Comparison
CPCB Multi-Year History (2016–2024)
Summary
Overview
In 2024, Gwalior averaged an AQI of 136 while Ooty averaged 58 — a 78-point (134%) gap, with Gwalior the more polluted and Ooty the cleaner of the two. On 308 days when both cities reported, Ooty was cleaner on 286 of them; the average daily gap was 122 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Gwalior peaks in November, while Ooty peaks in May. Gwalior logged 0.4% Severe days and 31.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ooty was 0% Severe and 94.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gwalior 47 days, Ooty 22 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gwalior has improved by 12 AQI points (8.1%) from 2020 to 2024; Ooty is essentially flat over the same window. The worst recorded day for Gwalior reached AQI 450 at City Center (MPPCB) on 2021-11-09; Ooty hit AQI 164 at Bombay Castel (TNPCB) on 2024-12-17.
Station-level disparity
Gwalior spans 4 CPCB stations with a 53-point spread (min 112, max 165); Ooty spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 59, max 59).